Organizacija‚ Volume 45 Research papers Number 1‚ January-February 2012 DOI: 10.2478/v10051-012-0002-8 Intercultural Differences in the Purchase and Information Behaviour of Young Consumers Beno Klemenčič1‚ Gabrijel Devetak2‚ Darko Števančec1 1 Business School Murska Sobota‚ Noršinska ulica 13‚ 9000 Murska Sobota‚ Slovenia‚ beno.klemencic@gmail.com; Da01111@gmail.com 2 Faculty of Commercial and Business Sciences‚ Lava 7‚ 3000 Celje‚ Slovenia‚ mandrija@siol.net Pressures in
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SONET described as the Synchronous Optical Network (SONET) was designed by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) for the USA public telephone network in the mid-1980s. With the forced breakup of American Telephone & Telegraph (AT&T) in the United States this created numerous regional telephone companies. The companies quickly encountered network difficulties working together and alone. With the introduction of fiber optic cabling for long distance voice traffic transmission‚ the
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Critically evaluate the claim that “the ordering of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is accurate”. Refer to relevant theoretical and empirical evidence to support your argument. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is one of the most important theoretical systems in humanistic psychology. However‚ the ordering of this system is not accurate and this is evidenced by various criticisms of Maslow’s conception of ‘self-actualisation.’ Individuals do not need to satisfy the lower needs in order to reach self-actualisation
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Discuss the similarities and differences between Warr’s Vitamin Model (1987) and Maslow’s hierarchy of needs (1954)‚ when applied to the context of work. Occupational Psychology‚ that derives mainly from the 1900’s (Porteous‚ 1997)‚ constitutes to a wide range of frameworks focuses on strengthening the branches of studying behaviour of employees at work; it also concerns the performance of employees as to how the organisation and employees will function (Matthews‚ 2012). Overall the aim of occupational
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INTRODUCTION In this new environment of innovation and change‚ one of the primary management challenges is to design more flexible organizational structures. Organizations are replacing their old vertical hierarchical structures with new horizontal or matrix-based structures‚ linking traditional functions through inter-functional teams‚ and establishing strategic alliances with suppliers‚ customers and even competitors. The organization of the future has a structure that can be reconfigured so
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defined as unrealized desire and perceptions can be defined as the present and expected impression of workers’ place in the company.(Dixon‚1997‚p.72) In order to motivate my workers‚ I must know their needs and perceptions. I would choose Maslow’s hierarchy of needs theory and Theory X&Y to understand their needs‚ then to motivate them to perform at his or her highest level. According to Maslow‚ a person’s needs are the main motivator that drives a human. He categorized the needs of a person into
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Abstract An overview of the Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and a definition of the three theories of emotion. Motivation is a key component to individual goals and is different for everyone. MOTIVATIONAL PAPER In psychology‚ motivation is the driving force or desire behind all actions of living organisms. Motivation is a key element in all aspects of our personal and professional lives. Textbooks define emotion as an internal state or condition that activates behavior and gives it direction
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Shakespeare makes it quite clear to his audience at the beginning of the play that Iago plays the character of the common criminal‚ from his opening speech with Roderigo on Iago owing money to Roderigo. When Iago caries out his soliloquy we find out his philosophies on life and as an audience we become aware that he is a very clever and formulated villain this idea is not at all strange for Shakespearian play. In Othello Shakespeare presents Iago in this clever way as it would take a very scheming
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REWRITE The three colonial empires of Portugal‚ Spain‚ and England were the most dominate in the fight for land in the Americas. While the motivations for these three colonial empires were similar and all of the Native Americans and/or Africans saw the Spanish Portuguese and English as one brutally similar people‚ economic differences between the three of them would ensure that their colonies would develop in dramatically unique ways. Portugal was one of the‚ if not the only‚ technological
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“Compare and contrast the early colonial empires of Portugal‚ Spain‚ and England in terms of motives‚ economic foundations‚ and relations with Africans and Native Americans. What factors explain the similarities and differences in the two ventures?” Darwin proclaimed that when push comes to shove‚ only the robust characters would survive. Outfitted with an effective military‚ a divine hostility against competing faiths and diseases unknown to even the carriers‚ three powerful and greedy nations
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